Mocking economists, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said “hard work is more powerful than Harvard” as the latest GDP data show demonetisation did not affect growth rate, rather the figures improved. “On the one hand are those [critics of note ban] who talk of what people at Harvard say

The Supreme Court rejected a 37-year-old woman's plea to abort her 23-week-old foetus that showed signs of Down syndrome on Tuesday. The Supreme Court bench ruled that there was no danger involved to the mother's life, if the pregnancy was continued. A division bench that has Justice SA Bobde and

Narendra Modi is expected to visit Israel by the middle of this year, a first by any Indian Prime Minister to the Jewish nation. Amar Sinha, secretary (Economic Relations), said the Prime Minister’s visit is on cards but declined to divulge details. Sources in the ministry of external

New Delhi: Sakshi Maharaj, who is known for making making inflammatory remarks, has courted a controversy as he remarked that a law should be enforced to stop the construction of graveyard and that Muslims should be cremated since there is not enough land for graveyards. "Whether it is named Kabr

NEW DELHI: In a significant development, the Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday named its former director AP Singh as an 'accused' along with controversial meat exporter Moin Qureshi in a case registered to probe alleged corruption. Moin Akhtar Qureshi, who is also under probe by the Incom

JUSTICE ALTAMAS Kabir, the 39th Chief Justice of India (CJI) for nine months — between September 29, 2012 and July 18, 2013 — died on Sunday at Apollo Gleneagles Hospital in Kolkata after prolonged illness. Kabir, who was suffering from a kidney ailment and related complications, was on life support

Nizamabad: AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh on Sunday accused MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi of taking bribe from BJP president Amit Shah for splitting Muslim votes in the Uttar Pradesh elections. Mr Singh said that he had information about “Mr Owaisi taking Rs 400 crore from Amit Shah in a secr

Crowds are like oxygen for politicians on the campaign trail and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis was found gasping when empty chairs greeted him at a public rally here, forcing him to cancel it. Fadnavis was scheduled to address an election rally at the New English School compound on Ti

Jammu and Kashmir police claimed to have busted a module of Hizbul Mujahideen terror outfit on Saturday with the arrest of a militant and nine others who were "influencing" young and innocent boys in Baramulla district to join militancy. "With the arrest of one militant Irshad Ahmad Shah of Seelu

Despite stern warning by Army chief Bipin Rawat, that those trying to disrupt anti-militancy operations in Kashmir will be treated as "overground workers of terrorists" and can be fired on, hundreds of people attacked the forces with stones on Saturday afternoon in Urivan village of south Kashmir in

NEW DELHI: After making it compulsory for cinema halls to play national anthem before screening of film, the Supreme Court on Friday decided to examine whether singing/playing of national anthem be made mandatory in schools to inculcate a sense of patriotism among students. A bench of Justices Di

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Friday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the latter's claim of being the ‘adopted son’ of Uttar Pradesh, saying relationships don’t develop just by talking but by nurturing. With his sister and party’s star campaigner Priyanka Gandhi on the dais w

NEW DELHI: Nearly half of the 18 lakh people under the I-T scanner for suspicious bank deposits post demonetisation + have been put in the 'doubtful' category, but action against them will follow only after the new tax amnesty scheme ends on March 31. Under ' Operation Clean Money+ ', the I-T dep

CHENNAI: Edappadi K Palaniswami was sworn in as the 13th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on Thursday by Governor C Vidyasagar Rao. Palaniswami took oath first, followed by 30 ministers in four batches. The swearing in ceremony was held at Raj Bhavan around 4.30pm. This is the third ministry in th

NEW DELHI: A five-judge constitution bench would be set up by the Supreme Court to hear and decide on a batch of petitions relating to the practice of triple talaq, 'nikah halala' and polygamy among Muslims. A bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar took on record three sets of issues framed by

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that despite being born in Gujarat, he had chosen Uttar Pradesh as his land of vocation, drawing a parallel with Hindu God Krishna who was born in Uttar Pradesh but made Gujarat his “karma bhoomi”. The Prime Minister said he was an adopted son of Utta

Delhi's Patiala House Special Court on Thursday acquitted all three accused of planning a terror attack in the 2005 Delhi blasts that ripped across crowded market places in Central Delhi on the festival of Dhanteras. The attack's mastermind, Tariq Ahmed Dar has been convicted under Unlawful Activit

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India successfully launched 104 satellites in a single mission on Wednesday, setting what its space agency says is a world record of launching the most satellites at one go. Of the 104, 101 are foreign satellites to serve international customers as the South Asian nation see